KMHI

KMHI (1240 AM) is a radio station that is licensed to Mountain Home, Idaho, United States and serves the Boise, Idaho area. The station is owned by Calvary Chapel of Twin Falls, Inc.[1] and broadcasts a classic country music format.

KMHI
CityMountain Home, Idaho
Broadcast areaBoise, Idaho
SloganClassic Country AM 1240
Frequency1240 kHz
First air dateMarch 20, 1962
FormatClassic country
Power1,000 watts day and night
ClassC
Facility ID72657
Transmitter coordinates43°9′3″N 115°42′26″W
Former call signsKFLI (1962-1983)
KJCY (1983-1989)
KLVJ (1989-1997)
OwnerCalvary Chapel of Twin Falls, Inc.

History

The station first signed on March 20, 1962 as KFLI; it was originally owned by Northwest Broadcasters Inc., headed by Clyde M. Degler.[2] In 1983, Mountain Valley Broadcasting purchased KFLI, which aired a country music format in the 1980s.[3] On October 12, 1983, the station changed its call sign to KJCY, then to KLVJ on January 1, 1989.[4]

In August 1992, Media Venture Management Inc., led by Randolph George, sold KLVJ and its FM counterpart KLVJ-FM to William Konopnicki for $78,000. Both stations were silent at the time of the sale.[5] In April 1995, Konopnicki sold the combo to station manager Jack Jensen, doing business as Valley Mountain Broadcasting Inc., for $310,000; the AM station aired a news/talk format.[6]

In November 1996, Jensen sold KLVJ-AM-FM to Wendell Starke's FM Idaho Company for $475,500.[7] FM Idaho changed the FM station's call letters to KMHI on January 7, 1997.[4] In May 2013, FM Idaho donated KMHI, which at the time was broadcasting a classic country music format, to Calvary Chapel of Twin Falls, Inc.[8]

References
  1. "KMHI Facility Record". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. "Directory of AM and FM Radio Stations in the U.S." (PDF). 1963 Broadcasting Yearbook. Broadcasting Publications Inc. 1964. p. B-54. Retrieved January 30, 2019.
  3. "Directory of Radio Stations in the United States and Canada" (PDF). Broadcasting/Cablecasting Yearbook 1985. Broadcasting Publications Inc. 1985. p. B-76. Retrieved January 29, 2019.
  4. "Call Sign History: KMHI". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved January 30, 2019.
  5. "Infinity Spends $100 Million For Cook Inlet Stations" (PDF). Radio and Records. August 21, 1992. pp. 9, 10. Retrieved January 29, 2019.
  6. "Jacor's Michigan Radio Picks Up WAKX-FM For $3.75 Million" (PDF). Radio and Records. April 14, 1995. p. 6. Retrieved January 29, 2019.
  7. "Osborn Expands In Alabama" (PDF). Radio and Records. November 29, 1996. p. 6. Retrieved January 29, 2019.
  8. "Jim Pattison Broadcast Group Buys 3 In Calgary, Winnipeg From Bell, Astral". All Access. All Access Music Group. May 17, 2013. Retrieved January 30, 2019.
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